I love Frida Kahlo. She turned her painful and unique persona and life into brilliant works of art. She was not a surrealist, she painted her own reality. Sometimes her portraits are very polished and sometimes they are the complete opposite: very provocative, sensual and raw. Always intense. Frida Kahlo expresses her thoughts with innuendos, symbols or bold gestures. She paints open her whole life; her desires, her pain, her loneliness, her health, her marriage, and her miscarriages. "All access allowed, I dare you", she seems to say. If you describe her - through her work and what is written of her - she was brutally honest to herself and to others. She was a magnificient painter. Her art was overlooked to some extend because she was married to another great artist, Diego Rivera. The value of her contribution to Mexican art was acknowledged only after her death. But then she became a worldwide fenomenon. While I was living in Milan (in 2004) I had the great privilige to see her exhibition & study the dance of her brush. Perfection. The paintings were amazing, so detailed - they were more than just paintings, they were real. Previously, in 2003, I designed a small collection called "Sendido" which was inspired by Frida's persona, life and art. If I find some of the drawings, I'll post them here.
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